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... moral and religious essays , to suppose for a moment , that he could receive information from any man on the ... morality so much by his writings , he replied , " Madam , no man can know the state of an- other man's soul so well as ...
... moral and religious essays , to suppose for a moment , that he could receive information from any man on the ... morality so much by his writings , he replied , " Madam , no man can know the state of an- other man's soul so well as ...
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... moral and virtuous disposition of heart and mind . Not Baptism itself ; not the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; not even the mirac- ulous gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost are of any avail to an unrighteous person . " Clarke's notions ...
... moral and virtuous disposition of heart and mind . Not Baptism itself ; not the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; not even the mirac- ulous gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost are of any avail to an unrighteous person . " Clarke's notions ...
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... moral evil . He might indeed punish , and punish only the offenders ; but as the end of punishment is not revenge of crimes , but propagation of virtue , it was more becoming the Divine clemency to find another manner of proceeding ...
... moral evil . He might indeed punish , and punish only the offenders ; but as the end of punishment is not revenge of crimes , but propagation of virtue , it was more becoming the Divine clemency to find another manner of proceeding ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
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allusions amendment appears Atonement belief benevolence Boswell Boswell's chiefly Christ Christ's sacrifice Christian perfection Church of England clergyman composed conscience contrition conversion Convict's Address conviction David Hume devotions Diaries Dictionary discussion divine doctrine emphasis Eucharist Evangelical examination of conscience faith frequently friends George Strahan grace Hammond Hawkins heart Holy Spirit Hooker hope important indicate instance interpretation Jesus John John Hoole Johnson's religion kind Law's London mankind means ment mercy mind Miscellanies mystical never Nevertheless obedience observes one's particular penitent person petitions piety prays preach propitiatory nature Puritans quotation quotes Rambler reason religious remarks repentance Richard Hooker Roman Catholic Sacrament salvation Samuel Clarke Samuel Johnson Scripture seems sense of charity sentence length Serious Call sermons sinner sins sometimes sorrow soul specific statement Taylor theological things Thirty-nine Articles thought Thrale tion transubstantiation Trinity various vicarious virtue vols William Law writes wrote